Painting
- Title:
- Mira Jane Woodman Jenness
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 2016.019.02
- Creator:
- Custer, Edward L. (1837-1881)
- Place of Origin:
- Boston, MA
- Date:
- 1877
- Description:
- Portrait of Mira Jane Woodman Jenness (1839-1922), painted by Edward L. Custer (1837-1881), 1877. Oil on canvas. Bust-length portrait of dark-haired woman wearing black dress, white lace collar, gold cross, and earrings. Signed "E.L. Custer" on front, lower right.
- Material:
- Textile
- Dimensions:
- H-30 W-25 inches
- Provenance:
- Benning W. and Mira Jane Woodman Jenness were great-grandparents of the donor, Elizabeth B. Taft. Following the death of his first wife, Nancy W. Shackford, Benning W. Jenness married Mira Jane Woodman (1839-1922) of Strafford in 1869. Shortly thereafter the Jennesses moved to Cleveland, OH, where Benning built a multi-million dollar shipping and lumber business. The Jennesses probably sat for the portraits at Edward L. Custer's studio in Boston.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Elizabeth B. Taft
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